Fungemia due to Trichosporon mucoides in a diabetes mellitus patient: A rare case report

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-74

  Padhi, S ^a   Dash, M ^a   Pattanaik, S ^a   Sahu, S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (India)

Author keywords

Fungemia; immunocompromised host; Trichosporon mucoides

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALBUMIN; ARABINOSE; CELLOBIOSE; FLUCONAZOLE; GALACTOSE; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INOSITOL; INSULIN; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; METFORMIN; RAFFINOSE; RIBITOL; SORBITOL; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TREHALOSE; UREASE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONIDIUM; CYSTITIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; INSULIN TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PNEUMONIA; POLYURIA; PUS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON MUCOIDES; TRICHOSPORONOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; YEAST CELL;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORONOSIS;

EID: 84892692068     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.124324     Document Type: Article

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